The Blue Jays season began and ended with both bitter disappointment, as a 1-9 start turned into a 76-86 finish and the team was all but eliminated from the postseason well before September. It was wire to wire futility. That sentence wasn’t a coincidence, of course, as this very closely resembles the overarching message of […]
Author: Joshua Howsam
The Wire Quote that Best Suited The Top Blue Jays Prospects in 2017
The Blue Jays season began and ended with both bitter disappointment, as a 1-9 start turned into a 76-86 finish and the team was all but eliminated from the postseason well before September. It was wire to wire futility. That sentence wasn’t a coincidence, of course, as this very closely resembles the overarching message of […]
The Wire Quote that Best Suited Each Blue Jays Hitter in 2017
The Blue Jays season began and ended with both bitter disappointment, as a 1-9 start turned into a 76-86 finish and the team was all but eliminated from the postseason well before September. It was wire to wire futility. That sentence wasn’t a coincidence, of course, as this very closely resembles the overarching message of […]
The Wire Quote that Best Suited Each Blue Jays Pitcher in 2017
The Blue Jays season began and ended with both bitter disappointment, as a 1-9 start turned into a 76-86 finish and the team was all but eliminated from the postseason well before September. It was wire to wire futility. That sentence wasn’t a coincidence, of course, as this very closely resembles the overarching message of […]
Wire to Wire: The Quotes from HBO’s “The Wire” that Best Suited All the 2017 Blue Jays
The Blue Jays season began and ended with both bitter disappointment, as a 1-9 start turned into a 76-86 finish and the team was all but eliminated from the postseason well before September. It was wire to wire futility. That sentence wasn’t a coincidence, of course, as this very closely resembles the overarching message of […]
What Kind of Pitcher Can Tim Mayza Be?
It’s no secret that this season hasn’t exactly gone as hoped for the Toronto Blue Jays and their fans. Coming off of back-to-back ALCS appearances and returning a mostly similar roster, the club currently sits at 61-72 and are only the in the wild card race if you squint really hard. Poor performance is certainly deserving […]
Marcus Stroman Knows More About Pitching than Me
Last December, I wrote something explaining why Marcus Stroman was poised for a breakout in 2017. In that piece, I noted that Stroman’s three fastballs had a greater separation in their movement than any other starting pitcher in baseball while all coming in at very similar speeds. That was obviously noteworthy, so I felt that […]
Francisco Liriano is Almost Back to Peak Form
The Blue Jays beleaguered starting rotation got some reinforcement this week with the returns of J.A. Happ and Francisco Liriano. Happ made it through five innings against the Reds and Liriano lasted into the sixth against New York. Happ wasn’t exactly sharp, but with just one rehab outing under his belt, that wasn’t overly surprising. […]
Jason Grilli’s Current Pitching Issues Run Deep
It probably wouldn’t be an overstatement to say that Jason Grilli’s 2017 so far has been an unmitigated disaster. The once-reliable reliever has been anything but, posting a 7.71 ERA and having allowed five home runs in just 14 1/3 innings (a whopping 3.2 HR/9). That home run rate is by no means historic, but […]
How Marco Estrada’s Been the Same, but Different in 2017
Ever since moving into the Blue Jays rotation on May 5, 2015, Marco Estrada has been one of the more effective pitchers in the American League and an extremely reliable member of the Toronto starting five (or six). As such, it should surprise nobody to see that Estrada is currently sporting a 3.60 ERA or […]